IT Engineer / Linux System administrator - any city in the Philippines

Description Cobalt Streamworks is the fastest ‘end-to-end’ data & trading technology provider in the FX, FI and Futures markets. Fluent is a market leader with a significant tier 1 & 2 client base in the financial world . Please visit us at www.fluenttech.net Position Overview: - long-term/permanent work from home - location: Manila or any other city in the Philippines Responsibilities: * handle all IT work [which includes FW, security, users VPN both from home and from office ] * work with all teams in the global company but also for any other requests to facilitate connectivity, access, permissions to various applications. * work with the IT director on IT projects which includes new suggestions, overall design, reports are done via JIRA & emails. * work hand in hand with devops/support people to solve all kinds of issues. Skills & Experience: Experience of at least 5 years as IT staff Experience in 3rd party handling (suppliers, vendors, carriers, etc). fluent English Worked directly with US or EU customers. Sys Admin proficiency in main Linux OS flavors: Redhat / Centos 6,7,8, Ubuntu. Microsoft Windows Proficiency: Administration level, know and understand the latest Windows OS Releases, Windows 7/8/10, and Windows Servers 2008/2012: Remote desktop, Etc. Scripting: at least one of the following: BASH, Python, Perl Networking know-how: Fortigate firewall setup. Understanding the basics, Static routing, DHCP, basic WiFi knowledge. IT automation using the latest technologies for example Ansible. Solutions-oriented, fast-paced, job tracker, team player. Advantage: Experience with working with development groups as an IT team leader Infrastructure maintenance: LAMP, monitoring tools, Bug management systems, e.g. Jira, Bugzilla, ... Server configuration tools, e.g. OMSA, PSP, … Monitoring skills: Nagios, Centreon, Zabbix, server configuration management: puppet/chef/salt. Configuration Management: Ability to understand and support software developers: Makefile, Scons, RPM building, compilation, and linkage, Phabricator. RHCE Certificate Networking: Ability to troubleshoot using advanced techniques. Understanding Wifi. Understanding fiber connectivity (Single-mode and Multimode), L3 routing protocol such as BGP, UDP unicast and multicast traffic Familiarity with firewall setup and configuration. Fortigate Appliances is a plus. VPN for clients. Familiarity with low latency switches such as Cisco Nexus Routers, Dell Force10, Arista Switches, Solarflare NIC cards is a plus. Worked with servers remotely or on-site. VOIP knowhow (SIP signaling, RTP stream (also in firewall), debug and phone troubleshooting of SIP Trunks and end products. Virtual machines: working & installing Cloud machines, QEMU, Docker, public Cloud suppliers: AWS,GCP. Cloud networking, etc. Originally posted on Himalayas